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Dolphin "Dolph" Starbeam is one of the school bullies of Springfield Elementary.

Biography

Dolph is recognized by his asymmetrical haircut, which covers one eye. He wears cutoff shorts and Chuck Taylor All-Stars style basketball shoes. Dolph is 17 years old. He is also left-handed. Dolph's hair can appear either reddish (like Jimbo's) or dark brown. He has an unnamed father, an unnamed mother, and an unknown sister.

Dolph is a 6th grade student at Springfield Elementary. Dolph once attended Hebrew school,^[1] and according to a school profile, he can speak "Spanish, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Korean, Latin, Old English, English, Klingon, and Esperanto".^[2] Dolph has two fathers: one of them has an eye patch and the same haircut as Dolph;^[3] he is shown next to Kearney's and Jimbo's dads.

Dolph is a player in the Mighty Pigs Pee Wee Hockey League Team. Dolph's hobbies are horse riding, swimming, and stage fighting.

Despite having appeared since the first season of the show, Dolph's name is not mentioned on screen until the fourth season episode Kamp Krusty.

Non-canon

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The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Dolph also makes an appearance in the Springfield Squidport levels of The Simpsons: Hit & Run. He can be spotted in the parking lot of the Aztec Theater in Level 3. In Level 6 you can do missions for him, along with the other bullies.

The Simpsons Game

Dolph appears as one of the three museum thieves that Bart and Homer must defeat.^[4]

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

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Dolph Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message 75,600 Level 36 Running with the Bullies Pt. 1 Noise Land Video Arcade Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 3000 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Youngster, Pessimist, Bullies, Rommelwood Students, Delinquents, Normal Springfielders Dolph Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 17, 5 Simpsons' Skating Rink Set a High Score at Whack a Real Mole 10m 26, 7 Whack A Real Mole Sneak an Ice Cream 30m 60, 15 Ice Cream Truck The Ice Cream Man Cometh Pt. 1 Overload on Sugar 30m 60, 15 The Candy Shoppe Shoplift 60m 70, 17 Kwik-E-Mart Running with the Bullies Pt. 2 Go on a Field Trip 60m 105, 26 Cypress Creek Elementary Play "Dance Fever '97" 2h 110, 27 Noise Land Video Arcade Catch a Movie 2h 110, 27 Big T Theatre Ride the Carousel 2h 110, 27 Boardwalk Carousel Spit in The Salad Bar 4h 175, 45 Gulp 'N' Blow Learn by Fun 4h 175, 45 Childrarium Put Coins on the Rails 4h 175, 45 Springfield Union Station Get Fit and Educated 4h 175, 45 Springfield Gymdandee Split a Fancy Mac and Cheese 4h 175, 45 Le Petite Appétit Play With Interactive Exhibits 4h 175, 45 KidZone Elite Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Look for Rats 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Go to School 6h 225, 55 Springfield Elementary Seeking A Friend For The End Of This Update Pt. 1 Torment Classmates 8h 275, 70 Springfield Elementary Running with the Bullies Pt. 5 Attend Wizarding School 8h 275, 70 Magic Academy Get Brainfreeze 8h 275, 70 Pinkbeardy Yogurt Get Caught in Webs 8h 420, 105 Big Bug House Act Out Aggression 12h 420, 100 Running with the Bullies Pt. 8 Enjoy a Night at the Theater 12h 420, 100 Springfield Playhouse Complain About Electric Buzzing 12h 420, 100 The Buzzing Sign Diner Loiter with an Adult Magazine 24h 600, 150 Benches Running with the Bullies Pt. 17 Buy Groceries at a Kindling Store 24h 600, 150 Kevin's Kindling Animated Tasks Act Out Aggression Loiter with an Adult Magazine

Behind the Laughter

Dolph was named after one of Matt Groening's classmates from Lincoln High School named Dolph Timmerman. Groening stated that Timmerman was not a bully but just a real cool guy.

Dolph is generally regarded as the most mysterious of Jimbo's group and never really has a big part until seasons 19, 20 and 21. He is also Jewish as shown in "Lisa the Drama Queen". Dolph is also known as the best looking out of them. He's starting to have more speaking parts and he could be the softest out of the group, however we have seen he is not as soft as Nelson Muntz. Some fans have offered criticism for the show's writers, citing that in The Simpsons' nearly twenty year run, Dolph is one of very few characters to have been almost completely ignored. Dolph is also a very minor character compared to Jimbo and Kearney and he doesn't speak as much as them. However in newer seasons he tends to be speak more regularly than in the earlier episodes. In the episode I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot, when Bart moons the bullies on his collapsing 10-speed bike, Jimbo and Kearey grimace, but Dolph shouts out "No one does that to Dolph! NO ONE!", a possible reference to him becoming more of a main character.

In later seasons show he generally gets more speaking parts than Jimbo and Kearney. Such as being the only bully present at the science fair in "Replaceable You" and having more lines than Kearney in "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts".

Foreign dubs

Language Voice dubber Español Rafael Alonso, Jr.

Appearances

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